This e-book is devoted to the publication of six papers that were presented at the IESM'05 (International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management) held in Marrakech, Morocco, May 16-19, 2005. These papers cover different aspects of optimization, maintenance and quality. more...

Maintenance is as an essential factor that can lead to the reduction of "inefficiencies" and has to be considered as a well-established Enterprise Domain and as a profit centre. The development of optimized maintenance strategies may have great impacts not only on the equipment availability and cost optimization, but also on the product quality, environment... more...